Interlocking table with integral magazine holder
First Claim
1. An article of furniture comprising:
- a support assembly including;
an elongate cross-member including a pair of vertically extending ends connected by a first horizontal member, each vertically extending end having a top edge and an interlocking slot, the first horizontal member having an upper edge and an interlocking slot;
a first end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at one end of the cross-member;
a second end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at the other end of the cross-member; and
an intermediate support member having a pair of vertically extending ends connected by a second horizontal member, each vertically extending end of the intermediate support member including a top edge and an inner edge, the second horizontal member including an upper edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot of the first horizontal member;
a table top panel supported on the top edges of the end panels and the vertically extending ends of the cross-member and the intermediate support, the table top panel having a longitudinal axis;
a connection system for connecting the table top panel to the support assembly; and
a magazine holder including an opening formed in the table top over an intersection point between the first horizontal member and the second horizontal member and between the inner edges of the vertically extending ends of the intermediate support, the intersection point corresponding to a base for the magazine holder, the inner edges corresponding to lateral sides of the magazine holder.
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Abstract
An article of furniture comprises a support assembly including an elongate cross-member, a first end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at one end of the cross-member, a second end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at the other end of the cross-member, and an intermediate support member having a pair of top edges and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at an intermediate portion of the cross-member. A tabletop panel is supported on the top edges of the end panels and the intermediate support. The article of furniture includes a magazine holder comprising an opening formed in the table top over an intersection point, the intersection point corresponding to a base for supporting magazines inserted through the opening.
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17 Claims
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1. An article of furniture comprising:
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a support assembly including; an elongate cross-member including a pair of vertically extending ends connected by a first horizontal member, each vertically extending end having a top edge and an interlocking slot, the first horizontal member having an upper edge and an interlocking slot; a first end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at one end of the cross-member; a second end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at the other end of the cross-member; and an intermediate support member having a pair of vertically extending ends connected by a second horizontal member, each vertically extending end of the intermediate support member including a top edge and an inner edge, the second horizontal member including an upper edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot of the first horizontal member; a table top panel supported on the top edges of the end panels and the vertically extending ends of the cross-member and the intermediate support, the table top panel having a longitudinal axis; a connection system for connecting the table top panel to the support assembly; and a magazine holder including an opening formed in the table top over an intersection point between the first horizontal member and the second horizontal member and between the inner edges of the vertically extending ends of the intermediate support, the intersection point corresponding to a base for the magazine holder, the inner edges corresponding to lateral sides of the magazine holder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An article of furniture comprising:
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a table top panel having a first end, a second end, a bottom surface, a top surface; a first end panel having a top edge for supporting the first end of the table top panel and an interlocking slot; a second end panel having a top edge for supporting the second end of the table top panel and an interlocking slot; a cross-member extending between the first and second panels, the cross-member including an interlocking slot at each end thereof for engagement with the interlocking slots of the first and second end panels, and an upper edge such that is spaced from the bottom surface of the table top when the end panels and the cross-member are interlocked; an intermediate support member arranged between the first and second end panels, the intermediate support member including a horizontal member and a pair of vertically extending ends positioned at each end of the horizontal member, each vertically extending end having a top edge for supporting an intermediate portion of the table top panel, the horizontal member having an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot on the cross-member at an intersection point, the horizontal member including an upper edge that is substantially coplanar with the upper edge of the cross-member when the intermediate support and the cross-member are interlocked; and a connection system for releasably securing the table top panel to the top edges of the end panels and the intermediate support member; wherein the table top panel includes an opening over the intersection point between the horizontal member and the cross-member and between the vertically extending ends of the intermediate support member. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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